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Originally posted by sugar and spice
A big problem that I saw with the last season of Sorority Life was a lack of tolerance for the differences between locals and nationalsl. A lot of people seemed to be assuming that anything different from the NPC way of life was automatically wrong. When the Sigma girls asked the rushees if they were Jewish, there was a gasp from the majority of NPC sorority girls on this board: "I can't believe they did that! We would never do that!" And it's true that in an NPC sorority that would be very much frowned upon -- but Sigma isn't an NPC and doesn't have to go by the same rules. The same went for a lot of the so-called hazing allegations -- just because your nationals/internationals says it's hazing doesn't mean it necessarily is in the eyes of the law. I remember people also disapproving of the way the Sigmas still used terms like "rush," "pledges," "pledge mom," etc. Just because the NPC has retired these terms doesn't mean that everybody has to.
There seemed to be a lot of intolerance for anything beyond the NPC guidelines for running a sorority, and that was sad. I know that the majority of us here are in national organizations, and that it's frustrating for us to have to explain to rushees the difference between the "Sorority Life" sorority and our organizations. I know it's frustrating that we have to deal with the fallout of this TV show. But the fact that the Sigmas did some things over the course of the season that wouldn't be allowed in NPC orgs doesn't mean that they're any less legitimate of an organization -- they're just different.
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Amen sugar, amen.
I am going to try and be optimistic about this season... even tho I probably won't be able to watch what happens on either show cuz i don't have cable. so i will be relying on all of y'all to give me updates... anyway i digress.
i figure any PNM going through spring recruitment will have had some friends that went to through fall recruitment (unless your school doesn't do fall stuff.) I couldn't believe listening to our now new initiates on how they were glad they went local and that this sorority is nothing like Sorority Life... which leads me to believe that maybe we had such high numbers because they might have been curious in the first place. so maybe those new members who made the sudden "revelation" that yes, MTV does like take everything to the next extreme, they will spread the word. Or maybe people will take the hint and realize the power of editing and take the second season with a grain of salt.
of course if everyone is going to be glued to their TV to see what crazy things these new GLOs will do or not do, of course MTV is going to get what they want and they will continue to make more.
kitso, your post cracked me up... do we really need to fill the forums with MORE SL/FL discussions again?
